According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), "the government should invest in the expansion of a public cloud—built and run by a Crown corporation with public financing to serve government needs, but potentially to expand beyond that too." I don't necessarily disagree with this, but building a cloud infrastructure is a lot more than just assembling a bunch of servers together. It could require billions of dollars of software development and years of ramp-up to create an alternative to the U.S. platforms, unless we're prepared to cut corners and license their software.
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